, 1887-10-27


ing himself. Juror Moods was rlaced
on the witness stand and testified as
to an attempt to briEe him tNoodsl.
He charged McCord and Northy with
having offered him money
PorTsvILLE, Pa, Oct. 20.-At Jala
pa, on the outside of. the city, Henry
Schaffner. Il wealthy and eccentric
old man, last night shot and killed
his wife and suicided. He was IS
and she was 40 years old. They had
been married only Il year
NEVADA CITY, Cal. Oct 20.-Harry
j. Dassonville, accused of the muir
der # banker Richards, was acquitted
last night On motion of the district
attorney, the case against Annie NJ.
Dassonville, wife of the defendant,
was ordered dismissed and the bonds
of both released.
San Francisco. Oct. 20.-Fourteen
bound for Siam, China
and Japan left this city today on the
Oceanic.
BERLIN, Dot 2O.-Chiua has APP
piled to the army authorities for
officers to instruct and organize its
army, and the Emperor has consent
ed to allow officers to go there. Many
have volunteered for the work tho
the pay is small.
BERLIN, Oct. 20. During the past
few days persons sleeping in the
open air ut Carisruhe, Crefeld and
elsewhere, have been frozen to death.
The severe weather which has pre-
vailed is unprecedented at this sea-
son.
CoNsrANT1NopLE, Oct. 2O.-The po-
lice of this city are closing all the
liquor shops kept by Europeans, on
the ground that they were demoral-
izing the Turkish people.
LONDON, Oct 2O-Peter Lloyd, in
an inspired article, expressed the
readiness of Austria to enter INTO the
closest alliance with England.
MELBOURNE, Oct. 20.-The Colonial
passenger steamer Gheviot has been
wrecked at Fort Phillip and many of
TIE passengers and crew drowned.
The remainder have arrived at Mel
bourne
New ORLEANS, Oct. 20.-The repub
lican congressional committee of the
sixth district has nominated Judge
John Yoist for congress
CHICAGO, Oct. 2O-A motion tor a
new trial III the omnibus Doodle case
was oyerruled this morning, and the
argument on motion for stay of
Judgment will be heard Saturday.
The convention of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers began its
business session this morning with
300 delegates present. The business
sessions are secret, and it is the IN
tention to rush the business of the
convention and finish its labors in
ten days.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 2O.-The
freight train from Spartansburg and
a passenger train from Atlanta col
lided at Greers, twelve miles east of
Greenville, this morning. Both en-
gineers were killed, and the total
killed is estimated 10 be from three
to ten.
Waco, Texas, Oct. 2O.-Joseph L.
Hamilton, printer of this city, has
fallen heir to an estate amounting to
between two and three million dollars.
He is the nephew OF Horatio j. Ham
iltcn, the rich miner of Oroville,
Butte county, California, who died
last April, leaving no heirs. Hamil-
ton starts for Oroville next week.
LONDON, October 2O.-Gladstone
received an address from the Irish
residents of Nottingham today. Re
plying to the address, Gladstone ex-
pressed the conviction that the dis
cord between the Protestants and
Catholics would cease when home
rule was established in Ireland.
The steamer Great Eastern has
been sold at auction for S105,000.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-The Detroit
st. Louis base ball game was post
poned today on account of the heavy
rain.
SAN FRANcIsco, Oct. 21.-Mrs. w.
c. Carpenter. aged 60 years, was run
over and killed by a railroad train in
Oakland yesterday.
SoNoMA, Oct. 21.-The surrounding
hills are rendered almost invisible by
dense smoke arising from forest fires
which seem to be coming toward this
place
Los ANGELES, Oct 21.-The whole
country for miles arounl San Juan
Capistrano is reported on fire, flames
being particularly noticeable in the
hills toward the sea 1t is anticipated
that thousands of acres of feed have
been burned off and there may be
considerable suffering among stock,
if the early rains do not come to re-
pair the damage.
GLENwooD, Cal, Get 21.-The fire
started in the woods here hunday
evening has been burning since, do
ing no serious damage until last
night, when it reached w. Water
mans barn, and iu few minutes the
bullding was entirely DESTROYED. Loss
$4,000 including $50 tons of hay.
-'O III III ulNts IL. otdIUNIu y SuW
mill Is in great danger. The mill is
shut down and the crew are fighting
the fire to save the mill. Bridges are
arc all gone aud the fire is burning
FOR ten miles around.
Similar reports of fires come frpm
Santa Cruz, Pescadero, Calistogo,
etc.
Los ANGELES, Oct. 2l.-A dispatch
from chihuahua says that Jno Deck
erson, San Francisco capitalis and
manager of the Santa Nicola mine,
which cost SG00,000, has been muir,
dcred by bandits. The case Is SUP
posed to be similar to the Baldwin
crime.
LITTLE Rock, Oct 2l-A report
comes today of a fight in Indian
Territory between the visilantes and
outlaws, in which 15Hnen were killed
or severely injured. 1t is impossible
to get the facts.
TUcSoN, October 2I.-Advices from